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Measurements of the Type ($). — Wing (straightened), 260 mm.; 

 tail, 124; culmen (from cere), 25; metatarsus, 85. The two other spéci- 

 mens before me hâve dimensions closely similar : wing, d* 261, d* 256; 

 tail, d* 134, c? 128 ; culmen, d* 26, d" 24.5 ; metatarsus, çf 83, d" 86. 



Spécimens Examined. — Guttera e. schoutedeni : 9 spécimens 

 of both sexes from Lake Tumba, Bolobo, and Kwamouth, Belgian 

 Congo. 



G. e, pallasi : Sierra Leone, 1 adult; Misahôhe, 1 Ç. 



G. e. sclateri : 6 adults from Sakbayeme, Edea, and adjacent 

 localities in the Cameroon. 



G. e. seth-smithi : Bangui, on Ubangi R., 1 ad., 1 $ imm.; 

 «Bumba», 1 ad.; Rungu, in Uelle District, 2 d" ad.; 2 Cad., Béni, near 

 Semliki R., 2 d* ad., 1 $ ad., 1 juv.; Budongo Forest, Uganda, 1 ad. 



G. e. grand : Tanganyika Territory, 1 ad. 



G. e. edouardi : 5 adults, of both sexes, from Spitzkopf, Natal. 



Range. — Probably includes a large part of the southern Belgian 

 Congo, from the border of the equatorial forest through the gallery 

 forests of the Kasai valley. Besides the localities where Dr. Schoute- 

 den found it, near the Congo River, it has been recorded from Lake 

 Leopold II, and Mr. Emile Torday has told me of shooting crested 

 Guinea Fowl, which he is positive were not G. plumifera, near Mus- 

 henge, between the Sankuru and Kasai Rivers (*). 



It may be recalled that Bocage (i) recorded as G. crùtata three 

 live spécimens brought to the ménagerie of the Lisbon muséum, 

 from Benguella. Their exact origin was unknown. but the thought 

 they came from the interior of that province. This is the only indi- 

 cation we hâve that G. e. schoutedeni may extend southward into 

 Angola. 



If G. e. seth-smithi is found in the northeastern part of the Congo 

 basin, why should the race living in the Kasai district be différent? 

 The explanation must involve a short digression on the haunts of the 



(*) I may mention hère that I brought with me two spécimens of G. e. schoutedeni 

 from Kamaiembi, near Luebo, a place in the Kasai not far away from Mushenge. 



— H. SCHOUTEDEN. 



(1) Ornithologie d'Angola, II, 1881, p. 39g. 



